Mint, cherry, melon, chocolate and grape. These are the candy flavors many Wisconsin youth will get while trick-or-treating this year. They are also the same flavors being added to new tobacco products now being seen by teens like me at convenience stores across Wisconsin. When I found out about these candy-flavored tobacco products, I was shocked. I can't believe that tobacco sellers are trying to make tobacco look more appealing, especially to teens, by giving the tobacco special flavors.

Our local FACT group knows these flavored tobacco products aren't delicious, they're deadly. FACT is Wisconsin's youth tobacco prevention program that wants all youth to know how harmful these new forms of chewing tobacco, little cigars and other tobacco products are. We don't want them to be fooled by candy flavors and bright colors. This Halloween, we plan to do a FACTivism called "Big Tobacco Tricks, Not Treats." We will spread the word that candy-flavored tobacco is a trick, not a treat, by handing out real candy with labels on them that say this to other teens.

Remember, even if they look less harmful, these new tobacco products are dangerous. Don't let yourself get tricked!